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Ladakh·hills · river

Majestically rugged, the greatest attraction of this mountain-hemmed Ladakhi-Buddhist valley is simply getting there, preferably on a trek. While days can be scorching hot, come prepared for cold nights even in summer.

river · hills

ITBP is considered one of the best mountain forces in the world. It is deployed at the most extreme and difficult mountain borders in Himalayas.

Meghalaya·bazaar · hills

Police Bazaar of Shillong at night. Police Bazar, a renowned market located in the heart of Shillong is one of the most important shopping centers of Meghalaya.

politics · hills

Gurkha Rifles (or Assam Rifles?) march at India's Republic Day parade, 2016. Marching contingent of Assam Rifles at Rajpath. The Assam Rifles is the oldest paramilitary force of India.

Meghalaya·hills · bazaar

Police Bazar is the commercial hub of Shillong that offers a complete shopping experience. We can also see famous Hotel Centre Point, a business hotel located in the heart of Shillong (Meghalaya).

temple · hills

The temple located in Kerala's Pathanamthitta district in South India, India. One of the most famous temple pilgrimages in South India, South Asia, India. This is a kanniayyappan, first time pilgrims' ritual; ceremony.

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Landslides hit western Himalaya in Uttarakhand - see mountains collapse before you. With a thunderous sound, the mountain collapses into a cloud of dust.

hills · river

Fallen tress and destroyed vegetation are the result of massive boulders that are taken down by a rockfall and landslide in the eastern Himalaya. A dust pall raises and the entire slope loses its green cover as the soil gets exposed.

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Floods overflowing through the valley of Himalayas. Angry torrent of water, mud, and schemes were targeted for the high mountain valleys of the Himalayas.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

Swift flows the Bhagirathi Ganga! Vehicles struggle to reach Uttarkashi, over landslides and broken roads. One can see the swollen banks of the river, with land that has eroded almost up to houses on the embankments.

snow · river

The frozen mountain stands strong as the holy Hindu river Bhagirathi flow out of a snout in Gaumukh in Uttarakhand. Gomukh, the terminus or snout of the Gangotri Glacier, from where Bhagirathi river originates.

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People salvage their belongings as the floods hit Uttarakhand yet again - in 2016. A replay of the 2013 flooding, it does seem like the Himalaya is going to continue to reel under the effects of cloud bursts and flooding, with unplanned dev…

hills · highway

In the fog and mist of the Himalaya, one wrong turn can lead to a deadly accident, such as this one in Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh. A Haryana number car has gone off the road, with obviously disastrous consequences for the occupants.

highway · hills

The villagers in some parts of Garhwal in Uttarakhand call this device a 'guldoba' for it repairs roads, pushes aside masses of stone, rubble and muddy soil.

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Amateur film from someone who was on the right time, at the right place, in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh. Luckily no one got hurt as the vehicles move just before the landslide hit the road they just passed.

Manali, Himachal Pradesh·highway · bazaar

A massive landslide blocks the Kiratpur-Manali National Highway-21, near Hanogi in Mandi district of Himachal.

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Natural Disaster in the Himalaya, showing the fragile nature of our mountains and the constant change in the bed rock due to earthquakes, human activity, road building and the like...

hills · highway

The Himalayan range is unstable, young and growing, so landslides are a frequent occurrence, especially during the monsoon season when water percolates the bedrock and lubricates it.

highway · hills

The Himalayan range is unstable, young and growing, so landslides are a frequent occurrence, especially during the monsoon season when water percolates the bedrock and lubricates it.

hills · highway

The Himalayan range is unstable, young and growing, so landslides are a frequent occurrence, especially during the monsoon season when water percolates the bedrock and lubricates it.

Himachal Pradesh·hills

The entire bridge collapses as the result of the one of the boulders falling like a missile from above..

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Black Kites or Pariah Kites as they were earlier called, have learned to adapt to urbanization better than most of their other feathered friends.Watch these kites scavenge from a hill of garbage in the Ghazipur dumping ground of Delhi.